Culture

New Zealand Mosque Shootings Prompt Local Concern Over Security, Role of Social Media

The world’s interconnectedness was clearly evident at a meeting held at the Gwinnett County Justice and Administration Building Thursday to address safety concerns raised by the killing of 50 Muslims in New Zealand. Organized by the Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office, the meeting brought together Ian Latham, New Zealand’s honorary consul based in Atlanta, Gwinnett County […]

Taipei Mayor’s Visit to Mark 40th Sister-City Anniversary

The mayor of Taiwan’s capital is set to visit Atlanta this week, seeking to underscore four decades of municipal collaborations while striking up new business ties. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, an independent who narrowly won re-election in 2018 but is seen as a potential 2020 presidential candidate, is to make a less-than-24-hour stop in Atlanta what he has reportedly […]

Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Winning Essay Tells Timely Story of Immigrant Legacy

Perhaps more than ever, this year’s Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade Essay Contest winner found the perfect audience for her work. Diaspora and heritage are often themes of winning essays, but when 17-year-old Mary Lauren Golden read hers to the Irish Chamber of Atlanta’s annual breakfast, Ireland’s minister for immigration was in the crowd. Of course, […]

Theater of Dreams Portrays Alex Dumas, the Black General Who Embodied Humanist Ideals

Military commanders know that advantages of controlling “the high ground,” which offers better visibility over a battlefield. But can the same be said of possessing the moral high ground? This question is at the heart of the play “Black Code: The Adventures of the First Count of Monte Cristo,” which is being produced by the […]

Gov. Kemp Joins in Celebration of the 45th Anniversary of Japan’s Consulate General

The 45th anniversary of the opening of the Japan‘s Consulate General in Atlanta was celebrated at a formal luncheon Feb. 18 hosted by Consul General Takashi Shinozuka at his residence. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, senior executives from nine of Japan’s largest companies operating in the state, local city, county and state officials, representatives of Georgia’s […]

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National Black MBA Association Delegation Set to Visit West Africa

Months of preparations are about to bear fruit for the National Black MBA Association‘s week-long journey to Liberia and Ghana as 15 of its members including Jesse Tyson, the NBMBAA’s president, ready to leave Saturday, Feb. 16. Mr. Tyson has made connecting with Africa a top priority of the association which moved its headquarters from […]

Georgia Tech Prof Asks Kiwanians If the U.S. Has Become Orwellian

Imagine a world where most of its population is in perpetual war as well as subject to omnipresent government surveillance and propaganda. This is the world described by the English writer George Orwell in his novel 1984 and evoked by Georgia Tech Professor Seymour E. Goodman, during his talk at the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta […]

Indonesia’s Ambassador Visits Atlanta to Promote New Restaurant Offering Fine Dining

As a university student, Budi Bowoleksono, Indonesia‘s ambassador to the U.S., worked two jobs — one before classes and then another after classes. When he arrived home at 1 a.m. there either was no food or it was cold. Out of necessity he got creative he told Global Atlanta at the Win Indonesian Grill and […]

Books 2018: Avoiding Instincts to Craft an Improved Worldview

Book: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World and Why Things are Better Than You Think Author: Hans Rosling Review by: Jacobus Boers, assistant dean for international engagement, J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University If you are comfortable that you have a pretty good understanding of the world and how […]

Books 2018: Greatest Generation’s Greatest Contribution: Enacting Justice for War Crimes

Book: East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity” Author: Philippe Sands Review by: Shelby Grubbs, managing member, Miller & Martin PLLC’s Atlanta office and founding managing director of the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation In 1945, at Nuremberg, Germany, an eight-judge tribunal undertook a trial of former officials in […]

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